Writing a postmortem: an interview exercise I like (2017)
First, some exciting news that’s relevant as context: starting in November, I’ll be joining Mapbox in their Washington, DC office. One thing that made me excited about joining Mapbox was how much I enjoyed their interview process. No part of it felt like it required extra “preparation” and it was clear that some significant thought […]
Show HN: AI Peer Reviewer – Multiagent System for Scientific Manuscript Analysis

Cloud Version Available: A cloud version of the AI Peer Reviewer is now available at https://www.rigorous.company/. Simply upload your manuscript, provide context on target journal and review focus, and receive a comprehensive PDF report via email within 1-2 working days. The cloud version is currently free for testing purposes. This repository contains tools for making […]
Bohemians at the Gate?

Towards a solution to the AI-copyright debate. Piet Mondrian is one of the great modernists. Readers will be familiar with his iconic primary-coloured rectangles and perpendicular black lines on a white background, even if they do not recognise the name. These paintings are cornerstones in the development of expressionism and minimalism. The most famous sold […]
I Switched to UTC and Never Looked Back

Photo by @minkus, Unsplash Time zones can turn a simple meeting into a mental puzzle, especially for travelers or remote workers juggling global schedules. Five years ago, Adam Arutyunov, a programmer at Timestripe, ditched local time for Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) across all his devices. His experiment, born from frustration with inconsistent time zones, offers a surprisingly simple way to streamline time […]
Investment Risk Is Highest for Nuclear Power Plants, Lowest for Solar

A new study from the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability finds that construction costs run over budget for more than 60% of energy infrastructure projects worldwide. By Laura Hurley Between now and 2050, the International Energy Agency projects that more than $100 trillion will be spent on building net-zero energy infrastructure globally. Yet every […]
Show HN: I built an AI agent that turns ROS 2’s turtlesim into a digital artist

Project Overview turtlesim_agent is an AI agent that transforms the classic ROS turtlesim simulator into a creative canvas driven by natural language. Powered by LangChain, this AI agent interprets text-based instructions and translates them into visual drawings, turning the simulated turtle into a digital artist. This project explores how large language models can interact with […]
Consider Knitting
← May 30, 2025 art knitting Let’s say that, like me, you are a person who stares at a computer and writes code for a living. As a straight male who grew up in a time where knitting was very strongly female coded, it for the most part never occurred to me that knitting was […]
Why GUIs are built at least 2.5 times

Why GUIs are built at least 2.5 times Or Why I Think Lean Software Development is Wrong Patricia Aas, 30 May 2025 Over the past few days I’ve been writing on LinkedIn (here and here) and Mastodon (here), and this post is an attempt to explain better (?) or at least in one place, what […]
A Complete Guide to Meta Prompting

One of the first benefits I found when using Large Language Models (LLMs) was that they helped with the blank page problem. I could quickly go from a blog idea to a rough outline in just a few minutes. While understanding the core principles of prompt engineering is still important, not using LLMs in the […]
Using lots of little tools to aggressively reject the bots

Or using lots of little tools to aggressively reject the bots · October 18th, 2024 U G H. For some reason my quaint little piece of the internet has suddenly been inundated with unwanted guests. Now normally speaking I would be over joyed with having more guests to this tiny part of the internet. Come […]